Yearly Archives: 2011
Roast Chicken Thigh & Kimpira
I rarely use the oven, but this place has two: a main oven and a smaller ‘plate warmer’ sized one. Seeing that I don’t like the idea of cooking small batches in a normal sized oven I found this was a perfect opportunity. With seasoned chicken thighs, I made slits over the skin-side and placed […]
Another Random Makizushi
We’re finally able to harvest more radish in the vegetable bed – it’s a tiny one that looked larger viewing it aboveground. I think for the rest they may need another week. It’s another day that shouldn’t be spent sitting indoors, so I’ve made sushi again for on the go. This time all the items […]
Eggplant & Lumpia
This lunch is twinned with Yvan’s ‘boiled eggs and bacon’ lunch. Again, after constructing a fiddly sushi roll I went for the simple route again. Note that some of the sides are shared – ah the joys of a prepared larder. Again, my lunch is almost vegetarian if not for the meaty lumpia I do […]
Boiled Eggs & Bacon
Not quite ‘green eggs and ham’ – I prefer more variety for lunch. This is twinned with my ‘eggplant and lumpia’ lunch. I had an orange capsicum I intended to make into a peri peri sauce base, so I whole-roasted it and peeled the skin. As I struggled to think up a more interesting item […]
Random Crabstick Makizushi
Not exactly the most inspiring lunch in the world but pretty good for when you’re on the go. One thing I do like about makizushi is that it can be handled with just your fingers. With summer to disappear soon lunches like this are best enjoyed outside! Lunch contents: makizushi (crabstick, green onion, sesame seed, […]
Simmered Dishes
I have been slowly increasing the amount of side dishes I make so I can have them on-hand for lunches. While Yvan took away smoked salmon sushi I left mine more simple. Reading up the varieties of capsicum, though the green type has the best nutrition it isn’t as sweet so I made a compromise […]
Vegetarian Makizushi
I wanted to see if I could construct a makizushi that had lots of flavour, but I think the result was too odd even for my tastes. If it wasn’t for the lumpia this bento would of been vegetarian, so just imagine that it is. Top tier contents: vegetarian makizushi (roast capsicum, pickled jalepeno, spring […]
Double Crabstick Makizushi
I didn’t quite plan well in advance for this lunch – and Yvan’s doesn’t look too much different from this too. One thing I do know is there are some things we need to use, and so they are fodder when I’m out of ideas and am in the mood for makizushi. Top tier contents: […]
Yakitori & Shiso
The purple shiso (perilla) out in the herb bed was bought in part for the novelty – the green variety has more uses than the more potent and strangely perfume-like ‘red’ type as I would eventually find out. I have started to use it for onigiri, and I can’t say it’s not too bad. This […]
Cheese Tamagoyaki
The cheese tamagoyaki ended up a little strange – not that the combination didn’t start off odd to begin with. I’ve seen a blogger with such an item but I fear that the cheese I used just wasn’t suited for this kind of cooking! I hadn’t made teriyaki sauce in a while, and remembering the […]